Ghostlight Records have released the original London cast recording of the Donmar Warehouse’s critically acclaimed UK premiere production of Next to Normal as a special two-CD set.
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Movie Review: Next To Normal
Next To Normal will be screened in select UK cinemas from 11 September 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This is an important piece of theatre so the broadening of its reach across the UK this month is overwhelmingly positive.
Cinema screenings planned for Next to Normal film
A film of the West End transfer of the Donmar Warehouse’s critically acclaimed UK premiere production of Next to Normal will receive a UK-wide cinema release in September.
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 – Donmar Warehouse
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 continues at the Donmar Warehouse, London until 8 February 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A truly dazzling achievement of contemporary musical theatre performed by a superb cast.
UK premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 to feature in Tim Sheader’s first Donmar season
Tim Sheader will direct the UK premiere of the award-winning musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 as part of his inaugural season as the artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse.
Next to Normal – Wyndham’s Theatre
Next to Normal continues at the Wyndham’s Theatre, London until 21 September 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Next to Normal was a triumph at the Donmar Warehouse and rightfully received critical acclaim, but it is somehow even more of a visceral experience in the West End.
Donmar cast to return for West End transfer of Next to Normal
The critically acclaimed cast of the Donmar Warehouse’s UK premiere production of Next to Normal will reunite for the musical’s West End transfer season.
Historic win for Andrew Scott and Guys & Dolls picks up Best Musical at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards
The 33rd Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards saw Andrew Scott net a historic win as Best Actor, the first time any performer has been named Best Actor by both the nation’s film critics and theatre critics in the same year.
Sunset Boulevard wins big at the WhatsOnStage Awards, Guys and Dolls picks up Best Revival and Operation Mincemeat is top New Musical
The big winner of the night at the 24th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards at the London Palladium was Sunset Boulevard with seven awards from its nine nominations.
Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2023
A selection of critics have chosen their ‘show of the year’ although some struggled to pick just one. The shows represent just a small percentage of productions staged this year, but we hope these ‘top picks’ bring back some happy memories.
West End transfer for Donmar’s hit UK premiere of Next to Normal
Following a sold-out season in the summer, the Donmar Warehouse’s UK premiere production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Next to Normal will transfer into the West End in 2024.
Next to Normal – Donmar Warehouse
Next to Normal continues at the Donmar Warehouse, London until 7 October 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It may have taken years to arrive in the West End, but its presence is welcome indeed.
Caissie Levy and Trevor Dion Nicholas are cast in Next To Normal at the Donmar Warehouse
Caissie Levy will play Diana in Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s Next to Normal at the Donmar Warehouse, along with Trevor Dion Nicholas as Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine, with further casting to be announced.
UK debut at the Donmar Warehouse for multi-award-winning Next to Normal
The Donmar Warehouse’s artistic director Michael Longhurst will direct the UK premiere of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Next to Normal next summer. One of three new season productions announced by Longhurst and executive director Henny Finch as the prestigious London venue celebrates its 30th anniversary, Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s powerful rock musical […]
The Band’s Visit – Donmar Warehouse
The Band’s Visit continues at the Donmar Warehouse, London until 3 December 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The 10-time Tony Award-winning The Band’s Visit finally pulls into London’s Donmar Warehouse for its European premiere and has immediately become the capital’s must-see show. As much as I’ve harped on during my […]
Cast for Donmar Warehouse’s The Band’s Visit
Casting has been announced for the European premiere of the multi-award-winning The Band’s Visit at the Donmar Warehouse this autumn. The company will be led by award-winning stage and screen actor Alon Moni Aboutboul (Body of Lies, Nina’s Tragedies) and seven-time winner of Israeli Female Singer of the Year Award and talent show judge Miri […]
Donmar Warehouse date for European premiere of Broadway hit The Band’s Visit
Michael Longhurst will direct the European premiere of the multi-award-winning The Band’s Visit at the Donmar Warehouse this autumn. Based on the 2007 film of the same name, the musical which features music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Itamar Moses, will play the London venue from 24 September until 3 December […]
Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell to lead series of Donmar shows
Olivier Award-winners Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell are reuniting to curate a series of special musical theatre-themes evening shows at the Donmar Warehouse. The pair who won Olivier Awards for their performances in the acclaimed 2007 production of Sunday in the Park With George, will join forces once again next month for four cabaret-style shows […]
Hollywood & Broadway star Vanessa Williams to debut in West End run of Donmar’s City of Angels
American singer and actress Vanessa Williams will make her London theatre debut next year when the Donmar Warehouse’s Olivier Award-winning production of City of Angels makes its long-awaited West End transfer. The Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-nominee who starred in hit TV series Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives, on the big screen in action films […]
Donmar to turn Kids Company collapse into musical
A new musical based on the controversy surrounding the collapse of Kids Company will be part of the Donmar Warehouse 2017 spring season. The musical will feature book and lyrics edited from the transcript of the House of Commons Select Committee’s evidentiary session held to examine Whitehall’s links to the charity. Announcing details of the […]
City of Angels – Donmar Warehouse
City of Angels continues at the Donmar Warehouse, London until 7 February 2015. While it was obvious that many people in the Donmar Warehouse audience were seeing librettist Larry Gelbart, composer Cy Coleman and lyricist David Zippel’s City of Angels for the first time, it is a show which always remains in my musical theatre […]
Stephen Mear travels from Gypsy to the City of Angels in Part Two of our exclusive interview
Last week Gypsy opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and among the rave reviews were comments such as: “Stephen Mear’s choreography is a joy” (The Stage) and “Stephen Mear’s choreography has a bright-eyed wit” (London Evening Standard). Olivier Award-winning STEPHEN MEAR has become hugely respected in the industry as both a choreographer and director. At Chichester, where he is […]
Full casting revealed for City of Angels at Donmar Warehouse
Full casting has been announced for the Donmar Warehouse production of City of Angels, playing between 5 December 2014 and 7 February 2015 (press night is 16 December). Over a quarter of the tickets for this production have been held back, allowing for more than 550 tickets to go on sale each week, including Barclays Front Row (released […]
